I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

What to feed a dinosaur

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 468: What to feed a dinosaur. Ali Nabavizadeh, expert in dinosaur feeding biology, joins us to discuss which modern foods different dinosaurs ...

Early Dinosaur Entrepreneurs and Triceratops Horn Lengths

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 467: Early Dinosaur Entrepreneurs and Triceratops Horn Lengths. Mary Anning, Franz Nopcsa, and Roy Chapman Andrews were some of the first dino...

Behind the Scenes of Jurassic World and Dinosaurs in Film

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 466: Dinosaur movies: classics, consulting, and a new premiere. Steve Brusatte presented on consulting for Jurassic World: Dominion, Film crit...

Sauropodfest

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 465: Sauropodfest! 6 embryos and 3 adults from a new sauropodomorph; a new titanosauriform; and why sauropod necks are so much longer than gir...

Dinosaur teeth!

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 464: Dinosaur teeth! Tyrannosaur teeth in Yellowstone, spinosaur teeth in Early Cretaceous England, and more. Plus Brian Engh joins to discuss...

Raptors and Alexander the Great

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 463: Raptors and Alexander the Great. A new large raptor, Utahraptor is much older than we thought, multiple connections between Alexander the...

What Dinosaurs Would You Put In a Zoo?

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 462: Designing a Paleozoo with Charles Nye. Plus a new hypsilophodontid from Dinosaur Isle, a new silesaur from Brazil, and how Charles Knight...

Four new dinosaurs including a new early bird-liked dino with very long legs

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 461: Four new theropods including abelisaurids and a deinocheirid! A pair of abelisaurids from the latest Cretaceous of Morocco, a new deinoch...

Were dinosaurs smarter than mammals?

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 460: Were dinosaurs smarter than mammals? New research into early dinosaur social skills suggest they were (at least at one point in history)....

Beyond Bones: Breathing, Tendons, and Lips

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 459: Beyond Bones: Breathing, Tendons, and Lips. New evidence of lips on T. rex, sauropod air sacs, blood vessels in Edmontosaurus, and more d...

Beyond Bones: Feathers

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 458: Beyond Bones: Feathers. Plus a mammal found fossilized on top of (and likely fighting) a PsittacosaurusFor links to every news story, all...

Beyond Bones: Dinosaur Soft Tissues

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 457: Beyond Bones: Dinosaur Soft Tissues. Dinosaur bones are some of the most famous fossils. But dinosaur skin, feathers, blood vessels, tend...

The oldest diplodocoid and a new Egyptian titanosaur

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 456: The oldest diplodocoid and a new Egyptian titanosaur. Tharosaurus, a dicraeosaurid like Amargasaurus, is the oldest diplodocoid ever foun...

The Fastest Dinosaurs

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 455: The Fastest Dinosaurs. Plus two new dinosaurs: A new iguanodontian Oblitosaurus, the largest known ornithopod from the Late Jurassic in a...

Tyrannosaurus with Pete Larson - remastered

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 454: Tyrannosaurus with Pete Larson — remastered. We went back and remastered our first ever episode of I Know Dino so that the interview is...

Who destroyed the Central Park Dinosaurs?

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 453: Who destroyed the Central Park Dinosaurs? Boss Tweed has long been blamed for vandalizing New York City’s version of the Crystal Palace...

Bonus: When It Rained for 2 Million Years on Earth

29 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have a special bonus episode from Well…That’s Interesting. Jill discusses the Carnian Pluvial Event that helped get dinosaurs on top of the foo...

A new dinosaur that links the past and future and a new relict dinosaur

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 452: Two new duckbills and a cabin made out of real dinosaur bones. Plus there’s a new megaraptorid coming soon and we answer a question abo...

A dinosaur with bladelike spikes and natural plywood armor

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 451: A dinosaur with bladelike spikes and natural plywood armor. A new ankylosaur, a new ornithopod, and Dr. Will Tattersdill joins us to disc...

Triceratops Celebration

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 450: Triceratops Celebration. The most famous ceratopsian of all time! It may have had horns reaching 5ft (1.5m) long when they had their kera...

How to survive the Mesozoic

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 449: How to survive a dinosaur encounter. Steve Brusatte joins to discuss a new book with tips on how to survive in the Mesozoic. We also shar...

The Dinosauroid (the human-troodontid hybrid)

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 448: The Dinosauroid (the human-troodontid hybrid). Troodon was a brooder, a neuroscientist’s take on if dinosaurs could become as smart as ...

Dinosaurs in North America: Featuring Prehistoric Planet 2

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 447: Dinosaurs in North America: Featuring Prehistoric Planet 2. 80 ton Alamosaurus, Tyrannosaurus losing to Quetzalcoatlus, and sauropods bei...

Dinosaur-era Oceans and Darren Naish from Prehistoric Planet 2

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 446: Dinosaur-era Oceans and Darren Naish from Prehistoric Planet 2. Darren answers our biggest questions like why Dreadnoughtus had inflatabl...

Dinosaurs in Swamps: Featuring Prehistoric Planet 2

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 445: Dinosaurs in Swamps: Featuring Prehistoric Planet 2. Pachycephalosaurus head-butting, Austroraptor fishing, T. rex stalking prey at night...

Dinosaurs in the Badlands: Featuring 2 Producers from Prehistoric Planet 2

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 444: Dinosaurs in the Badlands: Featuring 2 Producers from Prehistoric Planet 2. Volcanoes, deserts, and other inhospitable places that dinosa...

Dinosaurs on Islands: Featuring Prehistoric Planet 2

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 443: Dinosaurs on Islands. Featuring Prehistoric Planet 2. What caused sea level to rise in the Cretaceous and turned Europe into a series of ...

The Sounds of the Dinosaurs of Prehistoric Planet

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 442: Dinosaur instruments in Prehistoric Planet. Anže Rozman and Kara Talve, join from Bleeding Fingers Music. They along with Oscar-winning ...

Ankylosaurs in Antarctica and sauropods in Australia

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 441: Ankylosaurs in Antarctica and sauropods in Australia. Plus Brian Curtice joins us to talk about his work on sauropods and other dinosaurs...

A rare fossil sheds light on dinosaur sounds, plus dinosaur bite marks on the face

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 440: Fossilized ankylosaur larynx, sinus infections, and facial bite marks. Plus Trinity the T. rex was auctioned, a brief history of dinosaur...

A new huge titanosaur, Amargasaurus sails, and Hans Sues

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 439: A new huge titanosaur, Amargasaurus sails, and Hans Sues. A new giant colossosaurian titanosaur, Chucarosaurus, was described from Late C...

What Triassic dinosaurs ate

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 438: What Triassic dinosaurs ate. Plus a new Torosaurus specimen, a new spinosaurid find that includes arms, and we connect dinosaurs to Emmy ...

The first long-necked dinosaur

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 437: The first long-necked dinosaur. Even before Macrocollum and Plateosaurus there was another sauropodomorph that already had a long neck; P...

How dinosaurs became birds update

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 436: How dinosaurs became birds update. Plus dinosaurs of the day OrnithomimusFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared abou...

Spinosaur brains, Tyrannosaurus species update, and paleo advancements

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 435: Spinosaur brains, Tyrannosaurus species update, and paleo advancements. Gregory S. Paul joins us to discuss his work including the recent...

Therizinosaurus had weak claws

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 434: Therizinosaurus had weak claws. Did Therizinosaurus have claws that were too large to be useful? Did Alvarezsaurus have claws that were t...

Tolkien's interest in dinosaurs and how it shaped his writing

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 433: Tolkien’s interest in dinosaurs and how it shaped his writing. Professor John Holmes—who recently re-enacted Tolkien’s 1938 dinosau...

Microraptor's hawk feet and Allosaurus scavenging

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 432: Microraptor’s hawk feet and Allosaurus scavenging. Some dinosaurs had spikes on the bottom of their feet, while others had extra strong...

Was T. rex as smart as a baboon?

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 431: Was T. rex as smart as a baboon? Plus Evan Johnson-Ransom and Julius Csotonyi join us to discuss their new massive book titled Dinosaur W...

Whiskers or eyelashes on dinosaurs?

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 430: Whiskers or eyelashes on dinosaurs? Plus a dinosaur connection challenge with PokemonFor links to every news story, all of the details we...

A mini ankylosaur and a giant hadrosaur

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 429: A mini ankylosaur and a giant hadrosaur. Plus Lindsey Kinsella joins to discuss his new book “The Lazarus Taxa” which includes scient...

Could sauropods have farmed?

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 428: Could sauropods have farmed? Plus three new dinosaurs: A sauropod and theropod from Pakistan and a basal iguanodontian from Southern Chin...

The first dinosaur respiratory infection with Cary Woodruff

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 427: The first dinosaur respiratory infection with Cary Woodruff. We discuss Dolly, the sauropod with the first probable respiratory infection...

The Best Dinosaur Museums in the World

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 426: The Best Dinosaur Museums in the World. The best places to see dinosaurs in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Austr...

Microraptor ate mammals

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 425: Microraptor ate mammals. Plus a new titanosaur, a new Dryptosaurus find, Sabrina connects dinosaurs to princess seams, and much moreFor l...

What the Titanic has to do with dinosaurs

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 424: What the Titanic has to do with dinosaurs. Plus two new dinosaurs, a sauropod and a hadrosaur that both show unexpected diversity in thei...

Ankylosaur and sauropod tail weapons plus a paleo controversy

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 423: Ankylosaur and sauropod tail weapons plus a paleo controversy. Maximum speed of sauropod tails, ankylosaurs clubbing each other, a paper ...

Top 22 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2022

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Hanssuesia, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Hanssuesia-Episode-422/...

A raptor with preserved intestines

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Ostafrikasaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Ostafrikasaurus-Ep...

PalaeoPoems with Brigid & Mike

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Eucamerotus, links from Brigid and Mike, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdin...

Tyrannosaurs broke teeth, dino arms, and 2 new dinosaurs

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Panphagia, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Panphagia-Episode-419/Jo...

A brand new tyrannosaur with Elias and Denver

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Poekilopleuron, links from Elias and Denver, and our fun fact check out https://ikno...

Thescelosaurus had spikes coming out of its forearms

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Caenagnathus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Caenagnathus-Episode-...

Steve Brusatte on how mammals survived dinosaurs

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Bruhathkayosaurus, links from Steve Brusatte, and our fun fact check out https://ikn...

A huge ornithomimosaur in Mississippi

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Udanoceratops, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Udanoceratops-Episod...

A giant carcharodontosaur and a tiny titanosaur

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Zanabazar, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Zanabazar-Episode-414/Jo...

A sparkly dinosaur that mummified like an Egyptian

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Amphicoelias, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Amphicoelias-Episode-...

Extinction Extravaganza

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Brachytrachelopan, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Brachytrachelopa...

A huge find from Africa and a dinosaur egg full of crystals

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Oxalaia, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Oxalaia-Episode-411/Join u...

A new tyrannosauroid from Idaho

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Patagosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Patagosaurus-Episode-...

A huge new spinosaur and a tiny thyreophoran

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Microvenator, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Microvenator-Episode-...

A new tiny-armed, gigantic, megapredator

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Zapalasaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Zapalasaurus-Episode-...

Another carnivore for Stromer's Riddle

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Magnosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Magnosaurus-Episode-40...

Dinosaurs in Alabama with Skye Walker

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For all of the details we shared about Foraminacephale, links from Skye Walker, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Foraminacephale-Episo...

Theropods biting with Evan Johnson-Ransom

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For all the details we shared about Unescoceratops, links from Evan Johnson-Ransom, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Unescoceratops-Ep...

Common Dinosaur Misconceptions

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links about dinosaur misconceptions in the media, all of the details we shared about Chirostenotes, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.c...

A scientifically accurate graphic novel featuring Europasaurus

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Spinops, links from Oliver and Joschua, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino...

The amazing paleontologist who inspired Indiana Jones

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Gravitholus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Gravitholus-Episode-40...

Stegosaurus with Susannah Maidment

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Mercuriceratops, links from Susannah Maidment, and our fun fact check out https://ik...

Hateg Island: Mini Dinosaurs and the Giant Terror That Hunted Them

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Hateg Island, links from Michael Benton, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdin...

The many uses of melanin

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Dyoplosaurus, links from Maria McNamara, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdin...

Fossil hunting with Cameron Muskelly

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Itemirus, links from Cameron Muskelly, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino....

How to find fossils

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Saurornitholestes, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Saurornitholeste...

How T. rex was found and how it changed paleontology

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Draconyx, links from David Randall, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com...

Why Ankylosaurus is the best dinosaur

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Aegyptosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Aegyptosaurus-Episod...

Jurassic World Dominion vs Prehistoric Planet

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Moros, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Moros-Episode-394/Join us at...

Animating the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World dinosaurs

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Scorpios rex, links from Glen McIntosh, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino...

What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur?

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Erlikosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Erlikosaurus-Episode-...

Dinosaurs in the Brazilian Outback

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Stegoceratops, links from Tito Aureliano and Aline Ghilardi, and our fun fact check ...

How dinosaurs evolved flight

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Pyroraptor, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Pyroraptor-Episode-390/...

Your Questions Answered

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Proa, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Proa-Episode-389/Join us at w...

The largest megaraptorid ever?

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Anchiornis, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Anchiornis-Episode-388/...

The day that dinosaurs went extinct

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Macrogryphosaurus, links from Riley Black, and our fun fact check out https://iknowd...

Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus infighting

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Euskelosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Euskelosaurus-Episod...

Sauropods with goosebumps

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Dystrophaeus, links from Jason Schein and Jason Poole, and our fun fact check out ht...

Sauropods didn't walk like elephants

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Adeopapposaurus, links from Thomas Halliday, and our fun fact check out https://ikno...

The mysterious extinction of a dinosaur

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Raphus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Raphus-Episode-383/Join us ...

New stegosaurs, alvarezsaurids, and dinosaur injuries

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Avaceratops, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Avaceratops-Episode-38...

Iguanodon had a foot long thumb spike

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Efraasia, links from Filippo Bertozzo, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino....

Tyrannosaurus rex has two new sister species?

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Anodontosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Anodontosaurus-Epis...

Dinosaur National Monument with ReBecca Hunt-Foster

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Guaibasaurus, links from ReBecca Hunt-Foster, and our fun fact check out https://ikn...

A new spinosaurid and several new Tethyshadros

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Pinacosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Pinacosaurus-Episode-...

Correcting misconceptions of paleontology with Roy Plotnick

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Kazaklambia, links from Roy Plotnick, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.c...

A new velociraptor relative with hornlets

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tenontosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tenontosaurus-Episod...

Jane the T. rex and a new sauropod site with the Burpee Museum

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Volkheimeria, links from Joshua Mathews and Anne Weerda, and our fun fact check out ...

Was a new ankylosaur deaf?

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Spinophorosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Spinophorosaurus-...

A fossilized baby dino, a new ankylosaur, and dinosaurs in Zulu

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Beipiaosaurus, links from Sibusiso Biyela, and our fun fact check out https://iknowd...

The axe-tailed ankylosaur

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Chindesaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Chindesaurus-Episode-...

A New raptor in Europe and a toothless theropod in Brazil

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Probactrosaurus, links from David Levering, and our fun fact check out https://iknow...

Best of 2021

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Asylosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Asylosaurus-Episode-37...